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Johnny Townsend @qarchivist.bsky.social · 6h

Italy’s Second General Strike for Gaza Brought 2M Workers Into the Streets truthout.org/articles/ita...

Italy’s Second General Strike for Gaza Brought 2M Workers Into the Streets

The next day, one million people joined a demonstration in Rome, which highlighted Italy’s complicity in the genocide.

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 8h

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 8h

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Johnny Townsend @qarchivist.bsky.social · 7h

For those who have enjoyed their parody songs over the past few years...

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DEBUT ALBUM - by The Marsh Family: Kickstarter Appeal for Support for our Music (Hollow Chapters)

YouTube video by Marsh Family

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Johnny Townsend @qarchivist.bsky.social · 11h

'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize www.commondreams.org/opinion/peac...

'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize | Common Dreams

As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine, the polished spokesperson for sanctions, privatization, and foreign intervention...

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23h

There are more of us than there are of them—and we know our right to assemble peacefully and protest. I’m counting on my fellow Americans to prove that at the No Kings protest on Oct. 18.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

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Johnny Townsend @qarchivist.bsky.social · 11h

We need and can get more than incremental change.

The Tyranny of 'It Takes Time' www.americasundoing.com/p/the-tyrann...

The Tyranny of 'It Takes Time'

We’ve been sold a story that transformational change takes generations. It’s bullshit, and history proves it.

www.americasundoing.com

Johnny Townsend @qarchivist.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, this is real. A Qatari Air Force base with fighter jets and troops in Idaho.

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BREAKING: Trump allows Qatar to build an Air Force base in Idaho.

YouTube video by Aaron Parnas

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Johnny Townsend @qarchivist.bsky.social · 1d

Painful but most of us know folks like this.

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TikTokers Expose the Sad Reality of Having Braindead MAGA Parents

YouTube video by The Humanist Report

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Johnny Townsend @qarchivist.bsky.social · 1d

Movie about Helmuth Hubener, German Mormon who opposed Hitler and was executed (after his Mormon bishop excommunicated him for the offense). Fascinating to see the way so many Mormons today in the US are supporters of fascism.
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Truth & Treason | Official Trailer | In Theaters Oct 17 | Angel

YouTube video by Angel

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bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg is articulate, intelligent, and informed.

WATCH:

#Resist #FreePalestine

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 2d

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US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

Premium increases notices will soon arrive in the mailboxes of Americans all over the US.

The average increase? 114%.

For some, the numbers are even higher:

A couple making $129,000 with two adult children at home in Savannah, GA, will pay $3,150 more per month for insurance.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Johnny Townsend @qarchivist.bsky.social · 2d

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WHAT IS HE HIDING??? Steven Miller freezes on LIVE TV!! 😱

YouTube video by Casey

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson this week signed an executive order banning ICE agents from using city-owned property, such as parking lots, as staging grounds for the agency’s raids.